San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-02-09
CINDE RELLA.
A Latter-Day Cinderella Who Capt
ured Her Prince.

fully fifteen minutes for you to do her haIr
She is sure to take cold sitting such an age
In dressing sack. There, no excuses. Char
lOtte can do very well without your asSis-
lance now"
80 you have come at last. slow cOach?'
was Miss Juliets elegant salutatiOn. Final
ly tore yourself away from The BlOOd-Curd-
ling Adventures of Milk-Maid,' or The
Tale of the Bloody Meat-AX,' did you? Or
were you dreaming away the hours pictur-
ing the arrival of the Prince who will deliver
you from mas hateful bondage and the
society of CharlOtte?"
Juliets red lip curled in a smile at her
own exquisite wit.
II have no desire to part from so good
friend as Charlotte" said Kitty quietly, tax
ing up the ivOry-backed brush. Are you
ready Juliet"
Make me look my best, Kitty. expect
TO meet Lester Grahame this afternoon. |
hatter myself have made adecded impress
sion in that quarter. Talking about. Princes,
there's Prince for you, Kittyw
Hardly" said Kitty, industriOusly
smoothing Juliet's abundance of fair hair,
and noting with little sigh the shabbiness
of her own blueprint dress.
"You are scarcely his style, to be sure.
Men don't often fancy little, shrinking,
mouse-like things like you"
Juliet gave a satisfied look into her mirror
while Kitty cOnscientiously wound the
braids about her head in the most becoming
fashion. The reflection which met her eyes
seemed very pleasing to Juliet, for whenher
couture was completed she posed before it
some time, regarding the tout ensemble with
evident admiration.
81 tell you what it is Kitty, when l am
Mrs. Lester Grahame you shall live with me
and be my drCssingmaid. You have per-
feet genius for it,"
Kitty flushed a little. Praise from Juliet
was an unusual thing and her cOmmunCa-
tive mood embOldcned her to ask aqueStiOn,
while she trembed almost at her temerity.
"And are you really going to marry him
this Lester Grahame-Juliet?"
"Am /? OF course am, you little stupid.
In the first place it was some kind of
family arrangement, and since he has seen
newell, he has paid me great deal of at
tention; the other girls in our set are wild
with envy, and / think Imay safely consider
(here Juliet paused to look over pile Of
handsome dresses) the game bagged.'
Kitty's brown eyes widened. Could she
ever speak of her lover, if she had one, in
that way?
When the carriage had rolled away from
the door, and Kitty was free to do as she
pleased she wandered into the quiet, dark
ened parlOrs and seated herself before the
piano.
One accomplishment Kitty certainly had;
she could sing, and, like all natural vocal
lists, loved to use her voice. She had sung
nearly everything she knew from memory,
and finished with ''Annie Laurie"
An apologize cough behind her was the
cause of bringing her to her feet Immediate
Iy.
The intruder tall, fine-lOOking young
man, regarded her with pair of eyes the
amusement in which he was yainly trying
TO subdue. The embarrassment of the situa-
ton tied the tongues of both for minute
or two.
(Can he be burglar? thought Kitty, sup
pressing scream as she observed the CLEAN
of a diamond collar-buttOn and noted a
bunch Of red and white roses he carried.)
Extremely pretty girl. What can l say
to assure her everything's all right? She Is
ready to fly, thinks the young man,
Her evident inclination to vanish furnish
ed key to unlock the silence between them.
Don't go. l beg ten thousand pardOns
for interrupting you, but there is some mis-
take. / expected to find Miss Cole here"
(What demure little piece il is to be sureD
"a mistake qnite likely to happen. l am
Mr.. Coles daughter. 1t was Juliet you wish
ed to see. She is my half-sister, but she Is
known by my fathers name. She is out.
She will be very sorry not to have seeny you"
(Now suppose he will tell me his name
and go.)
Kitty's cheeks were rosy when she had
concluded her little speech. She was not
used to receiving strange young gentlemen
In the parlor. He had probably mistaken
her for musical and ambitious housemaid
improving the time in the absence of the
ladies of the family. She felt little natural
resentment and the gentleman, being pos
sessed of quick and refined intuitiOns, both
realized and appreciated her feelings.
II assure you, Miss Cole, twas positive
treat to me to hear you sing. Annie Laurie
is one of my favorites, too. | am Lester
Grahame, and now we are acquainted
hope you viii ask me to sit down."
Kitty was i'm a quandary. Should she?
Ought she? Would it be quite polite to tell
him perhaps Juliet would rather he did not?
In the meanwhile the object of her doubts
had put temporary end to them by drop
ping his flowers carelessly on the table and
himself into the essy-chair next the piano.
He did not stare, he did not even seem to
look at her closely, yet Lester Grahame had
not been in the room with her a quarter of
an hour before he knew her little shoes were